Improvement in ice-pitchers



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

SAMUEL EAKIN S, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN ICE-PITCHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 13, |25, dated June 2G,1855.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL EAKINs, of the city of Philadelphia, andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in theConstruction of Ice-Pitchers, of which the following is a full and exactdescription, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partot` this specification, in Whichi Figure I represents a side view of myimproved pitcher; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the same; Fig. 3, adetached view'of the spout and its lid in the position when the water isbeing poured.

I make my pitcher with a double casing and ill in the space between thecasings with rosin-pitch.

A B C D, Figs. l and 2, represent the outer casing, generally made otbritannia metal.

E F G H represent the inner casing. A space of about three-eighths of aninch is left between the casings all around and at the bottom. Into thisintermediate space melted rosin or pitch is poured or melted rosin mixedwith plaster until the whole space d a a is filled.

The lid is composed of two plates ot' similar metal .l K and L M, withan intermediate space b, which is also filled with melted rosin, UG.

My improvement consists in the arrangementof the spout and lid. It isvery convenient, if not necessary, that a person should be able to pourWater from the pitcher With one hand. In order to effect this, I haveheretofore used a chain passing from the top of the lid to the handle;but I have now constructed a self-acting cover to the spout', which isshown in Figs. 2 and 3, and which I Iind far more convenient and usefulthan the old arrangement. It is arranged as follows: The main lid of thepitcher .I K L M is not hinged, but has a flange f f extending` down,which slides into the ltop of the pitcher, as shown at Fig. 2. Thiseffect-ually excludes the air at this point. vN O is the spout. P Q is asmall lid covering the spout and hinged to the outer shell of thepitcher at Q. From the lower side of this spout-lid two bent arms pp andq q', made of wire, proceed, which form a lever in connection with thespout-lid. A small piece of metal S is soldered unto the extremity ot'the wires. The position of the arms p p and q q and the amount ofvweight S are such that when the pitcher is tipped over the weight Sassures position S', Fig. 3, and removes the lid P Q from the spout, andthus the water can pass out. IVhen the pitcher is restored to itsvertical position, the weight S falls and the lid returns again into thespout. Thus by this arrangement the act of pouring` out the Water opensthespout and the spoilt closes Whenever the pitcher is restored to itsnatural position.

Having thus described my improvement, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

-The arrangement of the spout-lid, arm, and Weight, in the manner andfor the purpose hereinbefore described.

SAML. EAKINS.

Vitnesses:

F. OCONNOR, J. H. B. JENKINS.

